XVOT3CE:. 1LTHOUGH the ' Bombala Times ' f| is not published till FRIDAY, it is printed THURSDAY AFTERNOON every week. Advertisements intended for insertion in the current week's issue must therefore be in the hands of the printer BEFORE NOON each Thursday. '

Neighbour Wolff and Others.-. Almost every afternoon in pleasant weather I see my neighbour Wolff sitting in an easy-chair in the shade in front of his own door. Sometimes he kills time by leading the paper, but oftener he does nothing but watch the people and the vehicles that pass. I frequently stop and talk with him a few minutes, and he up peara to be grateful for the trifling atten tion. Ho ia a man of about fifty, strongly und sturdily built, and to look at him you sue no reason why he should, not he up and about as actively as the best of us. He is intelligent and well-informed, has travelled considerably, and is a man iu every way worth kuowing,: His ideas on finance and business seem to-be-clear and practical, and it strikes a strauger as odd he does not grapple with his opportunities and pile up a big fortune. Yet he never makes a motion in that direotion. He lets the chances all slip by, aud just sits there as though the world were no more to him than the Klondyke goldfie...

Some fellow who knew what he was falk inc about said ?' You cannot see a good thing too often;' if that remark applies to any thing it is to that evergreen place of amuse ment, the Cyclprama in 'Sydney, no matter how often you go yon see something 'fresh in that niy8terious Hall of Illusions,- where there are no w; shown so many brain puzzlers an 1 beautiful sights, any one of which is' worth the modest shilling whioh passes you both to the Cyclorama nnd to the Hall of . . Illusions. ' The management have determined to make the Hall of Illusions a special fea .ure, and- thoroughly up to date.* TO THK DEAF. — A rich lady, cured of her Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, has -sent £1,000 tD his Institute, so that deaf people unable to prooure the Ear Drums may have them free. Apply to Department U.K., The ? Institute, 'Longcott,' Gunnersbury, Lon- ? don, W., England.' 'LINSEED COMPOUND.' Tjraide Mark of KAY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED. ' ' . ' An...

General Newvs- In . tho Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, on Thursday night the Premier, Sir John Forrest, laid on the table a copy of bis telegraphed reply to Aft-. Heid's telegram in refer enoo to submitting the Commonwealth Bill for aoceptanco or rejection to tho electors. In his reply he assured Mr. Reid that ho liarl no wish to place any nret-Hure upon him to amend the bill iu favour of Western Australia, unless Mr. Reid considered that so to amend :it would contribute to the welfare of Australia. A meeting of the New South Wales Cabinet was held Friday afternoon. It is understood that the outcome , of the deliberations was that tho Premier should, at the meeting of the Legisla tive Assembly on Tuesday, give for mal notice of a motion authorising the presentation to the Queen of an address praying that tho Common wealth Bill be adopted as an Imperial Act of Parliament. The franchise concession resolved on by the Transvaal Vollcsraad . has been promulgated by tlie Boer ...

Kameruka Cheese. By St. Magnus in the Town and Coun — , -try Journal, \ . I have been shown' some samples of Kameruka cheese no.w 011. sale in the spac ious and well ...appointed stores .of the Civil Service Co oporative Society, Pitt street, Sydney. The cheese seems to be an excellent product, in every way cred itable to Mr. W. W,' Wron.. the well known manager of that famous estate, | and not excelled by any article of the kind in the market, either ^manufactured in the Australian colonies' nr lnipor^ed from Europe or Anicnca. It is \i hne Cheddar,- ivell- coloutvd; ripe without being strong, old. yet moist, has a lino flnvor, ajrreealilu to the palate,, has good keeping qualities — ylcfeed,.in every way a most, superior articlo. By connoisseurs it is characterised as a very tine cheeso, one. ex pert declaring . ' mat .-it.; was tho nu-st superior cheese ever manufacturod in the.Australiaii colonies, andrequal'to. n fine old English Gloucester,, and it is great acquisition to tho ...

'Whistling' Better-Carriers. An 'amusJnj* ''discussion took place -nt Tuesday's meeting ofthe Cnmpor 'dow'nCouircil; on a motion by-- Alder Xman Sparkes to the offeefc ' tliat a 3-*ttoT bi» Written- to 'tlio -PoBtninster- \ieneral, protesting- ng-iiinst the whistl ing f-yntein -of letter' carriers in t hid 'borough.''' Aldermen, he said, may iaugh, 'but ho regarded this ara Beri «ous matter. This strange innovation 'of postmen going about blowing ?whistles was productive of muoh iii 'conVenience and mischief. When tho 'whistle lilevv, everybody imagined there Wa8 a letter for them, and rushed to the door, oil ly to find a message for -ono. Moleover, the whistling brought «out nil tlie girls, and this gave the 'opportunity for 'gossip, which -could not tend to expedite the delivery of letters. And then,' again-, tho tram -guards blew -whistles, and the little toys in the streets blew whittles, so that people, as it were, were placed between tho devil ah'd the deep sea, 4ind did not k...

Holts- Flat, A oor'roppot^ont from Holt's Flateends tia the following letter and nskB us to pub lidh it as it is writton, We do so. / ? July; 2!), 1899. '(To the Editor of i%ol :Sowhiila Times./ Dear sir ^loaa allow me spnoe iu your ?Journal for tho following Corrospondant -A few weeks sine while the owner of Forest Yiow was in his bed asleep there -came some sneaking cur into his ehund 'and Inspected some . dryed. Lamb skina ?what was hung on tlio tybeam of tho Bhead and has the skins turhod out unsat iefaotry they the sneaks Loft but never left the skins as. they found tbern other wise purhaps they would not have been found out on the -watch but as I can track Like a Blood hound I traced them within a short distant of wich I took to be there 'home and now that I am Just leting the -Bame parties know that I know there 'tracks and to also Let them know that 'they may thank there stare that I had not my bulldog tied thoro that night, or I will take my tip that ho would have given one...

Fortune's Daughter. Tramo to Lady : ' Can you please assist a poor man out of work,' been out here 40 years, never saw times so bad.' 'You were out — . hero in the good times and have nothing in store, the saying is that fortune calls on every one onoo at the least.' 'Yes, ma'm, ho called at my place but I was out j he never called since, but his daughter has viBited me too often (mis-fortuue). . Six months ago I had sandy blifiht, was nearly blind, and I up set a billy of boiling tea into my boot, I ?was ruined but for a kind lady who dressed my foot with Moore's Household Remedy Ointment. It took all tho pain out in a few'-. minutes ; next day 1 wore my boot, and ap plied the Ointment to my eyes ; tho next day / I eould seo alright and in four days was at work.' This statement bears out tho tosti mony of thousands who havo used it. It speedily cures chilblains, chapped hands, soro lips, piles, sore throats, corns, and soreB of all kinds on man, animals, and poultry. Testimony from...

Federatipn. . u. -. . u ^ THE POLLING IN VtoTORIA AN0 ! : TASMANIA. 'rv'' Melbourne, Tlnjfsduy, - The referendum to-day on the Com* mon wealth Bill once again em. 'Husised ,. in an untnistnknble fashion tho fact) that federation is alrnost the nnanU mouH wish . of tho people of Victoria'/ Tlio absence of anv opposition to. the Commonwealth Bill induce I many' visitors to Melbourne to. form tho opinion that the people wero apathetic, and that as a conseqneuee the Voto to* day would .be remarkable for its surliness, but the earnest efforts made during the past fortriirht to arouse' public enthusiasm worn entirely -sac-1 ci'sflful; and the result wus a splendid demonstration io favour of federati -n. At 11 o'clock the figures were 140,091 in favour of the bill, and 9114 against. Ill not one single electorate does the voting show strong opposition to the bill, while in one or two cases not a dissentient vote was recorded. HobaiiT, Thursday, — The roferen dum, on the Couimonwealth Bill w...